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A review by showell
The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters
3.0
In general I enjoyed the Amelia Peabody mystery series very much (although I've just now gotten around to logging that I've read them on Goodreads), in part because I read the books in order so could watch Elizabeth Peters develop as a writer. For whatever reason, I missed this one when reading the series through a few years ago. Oops.
Have made up for it now. Didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. It seemed predictable. Maybe I really did read it years ago and just didn't remember most of it, or maybe it's that the relationship between Amelia and her husband reminds me so much of the relationship between Alexia Tarabotti and Lord Conall Maccon in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series that the storyline as a whole doesn't feel as fresh.
Have made up for it now. Didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. It seemed predictable. Maybe I really did read it years ago and just didn't remember most of it, or maybe it's that the relationship between Amelia and her husband reminds me so much of the relationship between Alexia Tarabotti and Lord Conall Maccon in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series that the storyline as a whole doesn't feel as fresh.